PRONUNCIATION: Italian Grape Varieties A – D

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PLEASE NOTE: The phonetic spelling is written for an American English speaker. The emphasized syllable in each word has been underlined. We purposely did not use traditional phonetic spellings because most people do not know these.

Aglianico

(al · yee · an · ee · k-oh)
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Barbera

(bar · bare · a)
red

Biancolella

(bee · yaan-co · lei-la)
white

Bonarda

(boe · naar-da)
red

Bovale

(bo · vaal-lay)
red

Cannonau

(cannon · ow)
red

Carricante

(car-ree · kaan · tay)
white

Catarratto

(caat-ar · raat · toe)
white

Centesimino

(chen · tase · eemee · no)
red

Ciliegolo

(chilie · edge · olo)
red

Colorino

(col · lore · eeno)
red

Cortese

(core · tase · ay)
white

Corvina

(core · veen · a)
red

Croatina

(croe · a · teen · na)
red

Dolcetto

(dole · chet · toe)
red

Durello

(door · el-loe)
white